Different oral corticosteroid regimens for acute asthma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Normansell, Rebecca ^a   Kew, Kayleigh M ^a   Mansour, George ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ACUTE ASTHMA; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE DISORDER; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACE DISORDER; FACE ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SKIN BRUISING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HOSPITALIZATION; META ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84967143968     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011801.pub2     Document Type: Review

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